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elbow1126 |
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December 28, 2012 09:57:14am |
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Re: 1974 Garcia Interview |
I find the comment about playing in the same place more than one night results in the subtler and more articulate (playing/jams) to be kind of curious. They had played two 3 night runs at Winterland during 12 months prior to this interview and while I would argue that the last night of each of these runs were the best performances, i am not sure it was because they did more improvising during 11-11-73 or 2-24-74 than they did the prior nights. This might be true in '73 as the first night did not have a lot of jamming but 11-10 did have that big PITB sandwich. However the '74 run had a lot of jamming the first two nights including several Slipknot! improvs. The last night of both runs did have a great Dark Star but i don't think thats what solely made those shows the best of the run. I guess one could interpret this to mean that Dark Star was the jam vehicle for allowing the band to enter those new realms, once they were in tune with the building.
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light into ashes |
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December 28, 2012 10:24:12am |
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Re: 1974 Garcia Interview |
I found it a curious comment too. If Garcia's perception was right, then Winterland should've had all the best shows, since they played there the most often.
His comment is true about the short Europe '74 tour (where practically anything would've been an improvement over 9/9 or 9/20). Most US places in '74, they only played once - the other exceptions being Miami & Philadelphia. Most of the few Dark Stars that year were played on the 2nd or 3rd nights at a venue, though that may not mean anything.
I don't think Garcia's really accurate here, unless you want to interpret all the one-stop shows of '74 as just being warmups! (Maybe he perceived them that way.)
It does indicate the kind of situation he preferred, though - notice that when the Dead returned in '76, the theaters they played in June/July were all multi-night runs, which I think is due to the Dead's preferences as much as their increased popularity. (Though they went back to more 'regular' touring in the fall.)
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